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Okay, the impeachment process works like this: First, one or more articles of impeachment are drawn up by the House. If passed, these articles constitute an indictment, like a prosecutor filing a charge, or a grand jury issuing an indictment.

An article of impeachment once passed then goes to the Senate, which decides whether the person charged is innocent or guilty. If guilty, that person is removed from office.

The process works the same for the President and for judges, either can be impeached.

In 1998, the Senate admitted that the evidence of guilt was overwhelming and indisputable, yet still decided not to convict, roughly on the grounds that the behavior charged was "not bad enough" to consummate the impeachment and remove Clinton from office.

The question left open is what behavior, precisely, IS bad enough, if lying under oath in court isn't. Thus far, no behavior has yet been identified that is bad enough to remove an official from office.

To make a long story short, an impeachment, being no more than a charge/indictment, is no punishment whatsoever. It can only be construed even as figurative punishment if the person charged is shamed by it. In this particular case, the person charged clearly has at no time had any shame, so we lack even a figurative punishment. The end result of impeachment was nothing at all.

Sorry .. but there all kinds of holes in your theory.

When the Articles are Drawn - that is the indictment (or the charge). When the HOUSE VOTED on the CHARGES, THAT IS THE CONVICTION OR IMPEACHMENT!! In fact, in the House, when they took the vote, the person calling for the votes, recounted the CHARGES, and said, "on the CHARGE OF PERJURY", how do you vote. IMPEACHMENT IS CONVICTION!!!

The only thing the senate does is decide if the impeachment is severe enough to cause REMOVAL FROM OFFICE.

BILL CLINTON WAS INDICTED AND CONVICTED BY THE HOUSE .. but he was not removed from office because the democrats were more concerned with POWER than with justice. And .. the democrats NEVER EVEN WENT AND LOOKED AT THE EVIDENCE .. because they already had decided they were not going to remove Clinton. And .. the republicans were helpless because there were not enough of them to evict Clinton.

Your little story was a good try .. but it's totally incorrect. FOREVERMORE, THE WORD "IMPEACHMENT" WILL BE LINKED TO BILL CLINTON, and there is nothing anyone can ever say to excuse it away.